About FooD-STA

The ERASMUS+ Knowledge Alliance project (554312-EPP-1-2014-1-AT-EPPKA2-KA) will establish an independent “EuFooD-STA Center”, a platform with local hubs in different regions, as an organisational frame for international and sustainable collaborations between industry and academia in the food sector.Involved are 7 universities, 3 food companies and 11 multiplier organisations and training providers based in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and UK.

The independent “EuFooD-STA Center” will enhance on the one hand innovative education & training for students, targeted towards the needs of the industry and thus increasing their employability and on the other hand innovative continual professional development (CPD) for academic and company staff by facilitating experience exchange.

These will be achieved by

work and training experiences through industrial and university placement

promoting of best practices of already existing training materials and methods

joint academic/company tutoring and supervision

joint development of guidelines for the design and implementation of joint “industrial master” curricula

joint development of a CPD programme and certification scheme for company and university staff

development of a digital library consisting of tutorials, recorded webinars, online courses, etc., a multilingual database and an e-learning platform

Industry partners can train their staff and make use of placement of researchers who can collect practical experiences.

University partners can train their teaching staff, tune their study programmes, make use of modules from other Universities or new modules developed in collaboration with Industry and other academic partners.

The independent “EuFooD-STA Network” is open to other Universities, food companies and multiplier organisations & training providers.To be involved, please fill in the membership application form.

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